The former Chelsea and Liverpool midfielder has been training with Hoops for two weeks, but so far agreement over how much and length of deal has prevented the Israel international’s signature on a contract.

Redknapp insists the player will be an addition to a squad that’s suffered its fair share of injuries already, but is reluctant to let his training period drag on like it did with Chris Baird pre-season.

The former Fulham man worked out with Rangers for more than a month before deciding he was better off down the M4 with Reading.

“Yossi’s training still,” said the manager. “And we’ll have a chat with him today and see what he wants to do.

“This is not like the Chris Baird thing. He was here for a few weeks and got an offer from Reading, but we’ll have a chat with Yossi and see what he’s looking at.”